News: s-r blog:Subscribe to the Play Index!

 

Mike Macfarlane

Michael Andrew Macfarlane

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: April 12, 1964 in Stockton, CA
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1987
Teams (by GP): Royals/Athletics/RedSox 1987-1999
Agents: Jeff Moorad [*]
Final Game: October 3, 1999
    About biographical information

28
8
15
15
5
15
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1987 KCR AL 23 C 8 7 4 56.0 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 4.98 3.88 .988 6.73 6.68 0 5 4 4 50% 31% 0
1988 KCR AL 24 C 68 63 56 553.0 329 309 18 2 3 .994 -5 -11 5.32 4.81 .989 6.22 6.16 8 24 45 14 24% 31% 0
1989 KCR AL 25 C 59 34 31 338.2 267 249 17 1 4 .996 0 0 7.07 4.51 .989 6.24 6.17 9 12 17 12 41% 31% 0
1989 KCR AL 25 DH 4 3
1990 KCR AL 26 C 112 103 99 910.2 689 660 23 6 9 .991 -6 -8 6.75 6.10 .991 6.42 6.35 7 30 68 14 17% 34% 1
1990 KCR AL 26 DH 5 5
1991 KCR AL 27 C 69 66 62 578.2 422 391 28 3 4 .993 3 6 6.52 6.07 .990 6.49 6.48 4 28 21 17 45% 34% 1
1991 KCR AL 27 DH 4 4
1992 KCR AL 28 C 104 97 86 845.0 574 527 43 4 7 .993 -1 -1 6.07 5.48 .989 6.20 6.18 9 31 70 28 29% 34% 2
1992 KCR AL 28 DH 13 13
1993 KCR AL 29 C 114 102 92 917.1 726 647 68 11 11 .985 0 0 7.01 6.27 .991 6.56 6.50 8 53 70 53 43% 36% 1
1994 KCR AL 30 C 81 77 73 690.0 541 498 39 4 9 .993 -7 -12 7.00 6.63 .991 6.79 6.74 4 39 64 19 23% 31% 1
1994 KCR AL 30 DH 8 8
1995 BOS AL 31 C 111 104 84 899.2 672 618 49 5 8 .993 -3 -4 6.67 6.01 .990 6.74 6.67 26 48 53 29 35% 31% 2
1995 BOS AL 31 DH 3 1
1996 KCR AL 32 C 99 92 83 819.1 550 511 35 4 2 .993 3 4 6.00 5.52 .990 6.91 6.87 5 34 38 24 39% 30% 0
1996 KCR AL 32 DH 9 8
1997 KCR AL 33 C 81 75 66 664.2 463 439 20 4 3 .991 -4 -7 6.22 5.67 .991 7.15 7.09 9 35 26 11 30% 33% 0
1998 TOT AL 34 C 73 56 47 510.0 395 368 23 4 7 .990 -2 -5 6.90 5.36 .990 7.13 7.05 5 30 34 15 31% 31% 1
1998 KCR AL 34 C 3 3 3 24.2 16 13 3 0 1 1.000 2 97 5.84 5.33 .990 7.15 7.07 0 0 1 2 67% 31% 1
1998 OAK AL 34 C 70 53 44 485.1 379 355 20 4 6 .989 -4 -10 6.95 5.36 .990 7.13 7.05 5 30 33 13 28% 31% 0
1999 OAK AL 35 C 79 56 52 530.2 395 351 43 1 8 .997 3 7 6.68 4.99 .991 6.98 6.87 6 26 36 25 41% 33% 0
1999 OAK AL 35 DH 1 0
13 Seasons C 1058 932 835 8313.2 6054 5597 408 49 75 .992 -19 -3 6.50 5.68 .990 6.65 6.59 100 395 546 265 33% 33% 9
13 Seasons TOT 1058 932 835 8313.2 6054 5597 408 49 75 .992 -19 -3 6.50 5.68 .990 6.65 6.59 100 395 546 265 33% 33% 9
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1987 KCR AL 23 C 0 0 0
1988 KCR AL 24 C -5 -11 -5
1989 KCR AL 25 C 0 0 0
1990 KCR AL 26 C -6 -8 -6
1991 KCR AL 27 C 3 6 3
1992 KCR AL 28 C -1 -1 -1
1993 KCR AL 29 C 0 0 0
1994 KCR AL 30 C -7 -12 -7
1995 BOS AL 31 C -3 -4 -3
1996 KCR AL 32 C 3 4 3
1997 KCR AL 33 C -4 -7 -4
1998 KCR AL 34 C 2 97 2
1998 OAK AL 34 C -4 -10 -4
1999 OAK AL 35 C 3 7 3
13 Seasons C -19 -3 -19
13 Seasons TOT -19 -3 -19

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1987 KCR AL 23 8 7 8 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 KCR AL 24 70 63 70 68 0 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1989 KCR AL 25 69 37 69 59 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12 0
1990 KCR AL 26 124 108 124 112 0 112 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 13 0
1991 KCR AL 27 84 70 84 69 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 13 0
1992 KCR AL 28 129 110 129 104 0 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 19 0
1993 KCR AL 29 117 102 117 114 0 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
1994 KCR AL 30 92 85 92 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7 0
1995 BOS AL 31 115 105 115 111 0 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 0
1996 KCR AL 32 112 100 112 99 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 10 0
1997 KCR AL 33 82 75 82 81 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1998 OAK AL 34 78 53 78 70 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1998 KCR AL 34 3 3 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 OAK AL 35 81 56 81 79 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
13 Seasons 1164 974 1164 1058 0 1058 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 119 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1987 KCR AL 23 226 2.89 3.38 2 100% 0 0 29 1 1 3 24 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 KCR AL 24 2297 3.39 3.84 10 100% 0 0 310 10 3 5 291 16 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 2 1 100%
1989 KCR AL 25 1438 3.53 3.83 12 92% 0 0 250 9 1 5 235 17 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 2 100%
1990 KCR AL 26 3945 3.81 4.32 20 95% 3 1 660 18 4 10 628 24 1 0 0 6 6 0 3 3 0 9 0 1 2 1 100%
1991 KCR AL 27 2488 4.06 4.51 19 95% 0 0 389 12 2 5 369 30 8 0 0 6 3 1 0 2 0 4 0 2 2 4 75%
1992 KCR AL 28 3591 3.93 4.28 41 93% 0 0 527 30 1 10 485 43 6 1 1 9 4 0 1 3 0 7 1 0 3 6 67%
1993 KCR AL 29 3910 3.99 4.22 26 96% 1 0 650 17 4 14 613 64 8 0 1 8 11 1 1 9 0 12 0 1 3 5 80%
1994 KCR AL 30 2957 4.33 4.80 27 96% 0 0 498 18 3 9 468 39 8 1 0 9 5 0 0 5 1 9 1 1 2 7 100%
1995 BOS AL 31 3844 4.25 4.73 33 94% 0 0 618 21 2 12 583 49 11 0 0 11 5 0 2 3 1 9 0 1 1 6 83%
1996 KCR AL 32 3541 4.80 5.17 17 94% 0 0 512 12 2 11 487 34 4 0 0 7 4 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 100%
1997 KCR AL 33 2860 4.48 4.83 16 81% 0 0 439 11 2 8 417 20 2 0 0 6 4 0 3 1 1 3 0 0 1 0
1998 OAK AL 34 2191 5.40 6.21 18 94% 0 0 355 14 2 12 327 20 3 1 0 3 4 0 1 3 1 6 0 1 1 3 67%
1998 KCR AL 34 118 7.66 8.76 0 0 0 13 0 0 1 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1999 OAK AL 35 2316 4.92 5.24 17 100% 0 0 350 8 2 5 335 44 8 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 0 0 6 100%
13 Seasons 35722 4.23 4.65 258 94% 4 1 5600 181 29 110 5274 405 63 4 3 78 50 2 12 36 4 77 2 10 18 43 86%
MLB Averages 4.19 4.63 93% 85%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1987 KCR AL 23 0 5 77 4 4 1 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 4 1.37 1.18
1988 KCR AL 24 8 24 801 45 14 10 24% 41 13 4 0 0 1 0 0 87 20 1.12 1.83
1989 KCR AL 25 9 12 543 17 12 9 41% 16 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 47 13 1.24 0.98
1990 KCR AL 26 7 30 1527 68 14 13 17% 60 14 8 0 0 0 1 0 138 20 1.23 1.31
1991 KCR AL 27 4 28 936 21 17 15 45% 21 16 0 1 0 0 1 0 71 23 0.81 1.23
1992 KCR AL 28 9 31 1385 67 28 22 29% 57 24 7 3 3 1 2 0 139 31 1.17 1.36
1993 KCR AL 29 9 53 1459 70 53 42 43% 60 47 10 3 0 3 1 0 169 59 1.18 1.13
1994 KCR AL 30 4 39 1071 64 19 17 23% 59 14 5 5 0 0 1 0 132 24 1.27 1.28
1995 BOS AL 31 25 48 1399 53 29 22 35% 43 24 10 3 0 2 2 0 153 39 1.38 1.31
1996 KCR AL 32 5 34 1325 38 24 20 39% 34 21 3 3 1 0 0 0 98 28 1.18 1.29
1997 KCR AL 33 9 35 1051 26 11 10 30% 25 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 86 11 1.17 1.10
1998 OAK AL 34 5 30 864 33 13 9 28% 28 11 5 2 0 0 0 0 87 16 1.47 1.27
1998 KCR AL 34 0 0 50 1 2 2 67% 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1.41 1.75
1999 OAK AL 35 6 26 811 36 25 24 41% 32 24 4 1 0 0 0 0 95 26 1.52 1.36
13 Seasons 100 395 13299 543 265 216 33% 480 234 59 24 4 7 9 0 1318 317 1.24 1.28
MLB Averages 31% 1.29 1.26

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Def. Games as C s c a p y
Career  1,058 (97th)

Putouts as C s c a p y
1990 AL  660 (5th)
Career  5,597 (80th)

Assists as C s c a p y
1993 AL  68 (5th)
1995 AL  49 (4th)

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1990 AL  6 (5th)
1993 AL  11 (2nd)

Passed Balls s c a p y
1992 AL  9 (4th)
1993 AL  8 (5th)
1995 AL  26 (1st)
1997 AL  9 (5th)

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1993 AL  70 (3rd)
1994 AL  64 (3rd)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1993 AL  53 (4th)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1991 AL  44.7 (3rd)
1996 AL  38.7 (4th)
1999 AL  41.0 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1996 AL  3 (5th)

Range Factor/9Inn as C† s c a p y
1990 AL  6.75 (5th)
Career  6.50 (93rd)

Range Factor/Game as C s c a p y
1990 AL  6.10 (5th)
1993 AL  6.27 (5th)
1994 AL  6.63 (5th)

Fielding % as C s c a p y
1992 AL  .993 (5th)
Career  .992 (43rd)

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Mike Macfarlane    

Viewed 13,811 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Michael Andrew mark michael Mike Macfarlane mcfarlane

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.